Further Reading: Related Books and Websites

Websites

Secrets of a Master Builderhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eads/index.htmlAnother Mississippi River story from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: James B. Eads, engineering hero of the nineteenth century, tames the mighty river! Examine his construction drawings for the St. Louis bridge, learn how bridge caissons work, find out about exploding steamboats and how doctors learned about "the bends," and read the letters he sent his wife, on this website.

Crawfish Taleshttp://www.srh.noaa.gov/lmrfc/?n=vol3no1A newsletter of the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center, published by the National Weather Service, includes a feature article titled, "The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 - A Historical Perspective."

U. S. Army Corps of Engineershttp://www.mvd.usace.army.mil/The website of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division and Mississippi River Commission (MVD/MRC) provides information about their mission and projects in the area, as wells as maps and news. See a map comparing the extent of the 1927 and 2011 floods.

Scientific Assessment and Strategy Teamhttp://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs10399.htmlThe website of the federal government's Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team, hosted by the U.S. Geological Service, includes an environmental information system for the area of the Mississippi, plus a updated information about the lower Mississippi River increasing to the record height of 1927.

Waterway Experiment Stationhttp://www.wes.army.mil/WES/welcome.htmlThe U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' Waterways Experiment Station, a research and development facility established in response to the Mississippi River flood of 1927, does work in a number of scientific and engineering fields, including flood control.

American Blueshttp://www.ameriblues.comThis website contains interviews with blues artists as well as music reviews, upcoming tours, and the latest news in Blues music.

Life on the Mississippihttp://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/twainlife/menu.htmlThe full text of Mark Twain's 1883 classic, Life on the Mississippi, is available as part of the Documenting the American South collection on the website of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.